The Joy of the Truth

So what are you going to do to make this Christmas special? The usual feasting, family time, gift exchanging, etc. is great. But you can’t do that for 16 days! What about taking some more time for prayer and reflection? Make your reflection during...

It's Not Over on Christmas Day - It's Just Getting Started! It's the fourth week of Advent. How are you doing on your Advent observation? Many Catholics use Advent as a time for spiritual reading and reflection, which is great! I love that From the Abbey...

Can you believe it's the third week of Advent already? We're lighting the rose candle on the Advent wreath and celebrating Gaudete Sunday! Gaudete is a different form of the same work I use in my tagline for From the Abbey: Gaudium. It means "Joy."...

A Lost Art You may have heard (perhaps even from me) that the family meal has become and endangered species, despite the fact that studies show very strongly that eating together as a family is an important way to keep children actively engaged in family...

While reviewing a case of used books, I stumbled on one from the 1980s that reminded me of a very important point. The injustice of abortion is definitely done to the baby, but from the Christian perspective we do not work to end abortion primarily for...